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Topic: Bagpipe auction, Sept 19 |
Yuri
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:46 pm Subject: Bagpipe auction, Sept 19 |
That is indeed an incredible collection.
With your (backdated) permission, I have spread the word on a couple of other forums, that are frequented by players of many types of bagpipes. Hopefully at l ... |
Topic: Sackpipa in Vikings show |
Yuri
Replies: 3
Views: 8731
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 8:34 pm Subject: Sackpipa in Vikings show |
Actually, if you mean he was holding the lyre like a guitar, it's not as silly as it looks. There is a technique where a type of lyra is strummed right across all the strings, and the unwanted ones ar ... |
Topic: Viking music |
Yuri
Replies: 3
Views: 7866
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:34 am Subject: Viking music |
Have a look here: http://www.poulhoxbro.dk/menuengelsk.html
While not very much in the bagpipe line, there's a lot in the Viking one. |
Topic: The future of NSAA and the forum |
Yuri
Replies: 8
Views: 13015
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:37 am Subject: The future of NSAA and the forum |
Well, speaking for myself, a Russian-Hungarian-etc-etc guy, residing in New Zealand, it is a forum in English that I'm interested in. From where I am, it doesn't really make much difference where the ... |
Topic: Alternative reed material - bamboo? |
Yuri
Replies: 4
Views: 8288
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2012 4:15 am Subject: Alternative reed material - bamboo? |
You probably can make bamboo tongues for composite reeds. I haven't tried that, but have tried it with elder, and that works just fine. You probably have to scrape the bamboo tongue a bit thinner tha ... |
Topic: Another workshop at Nisswastämma, June 8, 9--2012 |
Yuri
Replies: 17
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:23 am Subject: Another workshop at Nisswastämma, June 8, 9--2012 |
I actually received an e-mail letting me know about this poll.
Unfortunately in my case the matter simply doesn't arise, much as I regret it. To travel there would involve considerably longer distan ... |
Topic: Automatic(!) bagpipe from 17th century |
Yuri
Replies: 6
Views: 7403
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:51 am Subject: Automatic(!) bagpipe from 17th century |
Like a bagpipe with only four notes available... |
Topic: Automatic(!) bagpipe from 17th century |
Yuri
Replies: 6
Views: 7403
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:40 am Subject: Automatic(!) bagpipe from 17th century |
To me it looks like a simple barrel organ with a great saving in extra pipes... |
Topic: Youngest piper ever! |
Yuri
Replies: 3
Views: 5185
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 9:20 am Subject: Youngest piper ever! |
Yeah, rings a bell... Some name from the Old Testament, isn't it?.. |
Topic: Säckpipa...possibly French? |
Yuri
Replies: 3
Views: 5665
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:30 am Subject: Säckpipa...possibly French? |
You know, I don't want to sound disrespectful, but the Chédeville clip reminded me very much of some Romanian gypsy band playing in a restaurant somewhere. That oomp-oomph-oomph bass...
This is not a ... |
Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
Yuri
Replies: 20
Views: 23410
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 5:51 am Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
I know there are possibilities with closed fingering, too, but they are not quite the same. I actually do (very occasionally) play the Hungarian pipes, with closed fingering, so it's not completely th ... |
Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
Yuri
Replies: 20
Views: 23410
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:19 am Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
You can do trills, for example. That is momentarily slapping just one note higher or lower. You can do , erm, can't really put a name to these, like momentarily opening a note somewhere above the play ... |
Topic: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
Yuri
Replies: 20
Views: 23410
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:15 am Subject: Ornamentation, and the limitations of open fingering |
Generally what you say is quite true. I know that in other traditions where large fingerholes are used, the same sort of thing happens. (for example the Hungarian piping. A few play open, but most clo ... |
Topic: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Yuri
Replies: 8
Views: 10826
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:33 am Subject: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Matthew, Ingermanland is just a Germanicised version of "ungerman's land", meaning some sort of Ugric peoples. They don't call themselves that.
I do not have the texts mentioned in the bib ... |
Topic: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Yuri
Replies: 8
Views: 10826
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 6:14 am Subject: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Well, I looked it up.
The people in question are two, not one, both Finno-Ugric, and both tiny. They are called Vod' and Izhora. (водь. ижора). T ... |
Topic: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Yuri
Replies: 8
Views: 10826
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 5:08 am Subject: The Sami (Lapp) walpipe and sakpipe? |
Matthew, Finland was part of the Russian empire until te revolution, when it alone managed to secede from the new Soviet Union, and not being re-conquered. So any reference to pre-20th c. culture is a ... |
Topic: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
Yuri
Replies: 30
Views: 25053
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:07 pm Subject: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
It's made here, in NZ. (We are a first world country, you know) The company is called rivercarbon, either .com or more probably .co.nz
There is a photo of a sheet of this stuff, as I use it, right on ... |
Topic: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
Yuri
Replies: 30
Views: 25053
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:49 am Subject: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
Here:
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc226/Yuri-photos/CIMG0814.jpg
And, for that matter, the body:
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc226/Yuri-photos/CIMG0815.jpg
I sand away the top of the ... |
Topic: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
Yuri
Replies: 30
Views: 25053
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:11 am Subject: Synthetic Reed Project ~ Finished 1-3-2011 |
Seth, you know I have worked out a synthetic reed that works. (Haven't made a sackpipa yet, but have used them on Hungarian pipes, which have the same type of chanter reeds.) Point is, while I was try ... |
Topic: I broke my reed |
Yuri
Replies: 8
Views: 10056
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:27 am Subject: I broke my reed |
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc226/Yuri-photos/CIMG0003.jpg
You can try this. While this reed wasn't made for a sackpipa, it's for a related type bagpipe. I find that composite reeds are far mo ... |
Topic: Help translate/pics Wikipedia Säckpipespelare articles |
Yuri
Replies: 16
Views: 12209
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:45 am Subject: Help translate/pics Wikipedia Säckpipespelare articles |
Matthew, I tried to contact you on PM. Have a look. |
Topic: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Yuri
Replies: 39
Views: 31066
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:44 am Subject: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
I'd also try for a mix giving an ivory-like appearance. I mean, the white resin is actually looking like extremely bleached ivory. Adding just a bit of some ocre, orange, maybe brown, but minute amoun ... |
Topic: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Yuri
Replies: 39
Views: 31066
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:22 am Subject: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
While I can't say that my bags cost $25, they still are cheaper than synthetics would be. The whole thing on synths is a bit overrated.
(having said that, just once I HAVE made a bag from vinyl, on ... |
Topic: Difference between a sackpipa and a gaida chanter? |
Yuri
Replies: 5
Views: 6921
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 3:55 am Subject: Difference between a sackpipa and a gaida chanter? |
Seth, most gajda chanters have straight bores. There is a regional variant that is tapered, while identical in all playing-related ways, but it is not very common. Just louder.
Back to the topic. Sak ... |
Topic: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Yuri
Replies: 39
Views: 31066
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:22 am Subject: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Olle is right . I still think it would work in this case, very simply because the holes need to be exactly as much smaller as they are when taped up. If they work with the tape, they will work drilled ... |
Topic: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Yuri
Replies: 39
Views: 31066
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:20 pm Subject: Resin Sackpipa Project Finished 6-24-2010 |
Seth, instead of moving the holes, you can equally make them smaller, leaving them where they are. This way they'll sit in the same comfortable nook. I'd probably opt for this, rather than moving.
... |
Topic: Pipemaking |
Yuri
Replies: 69
Views: 62264
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 10:34 pm Subject: Pipemaking |
I use a 4mm bit for all my long drilling as a pilot hole maker. The profile is similar to type 3, except the tip is not simply skewed diagonally, but more like in 1 or 2, except it is off-centre, the ... |
Topic: Pipemaking |
Yuri
Replies: 69
Views: 62264
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:19 pm Subject: Pipemaking |
Commercial boring tools are rare, very expensive and totally unnecessary.
If you register on the makinganplayingbagpipes.theiforum.com referred to above, there are a lot of discussions about just th ... |
Topic: Pipemaking |
Yuri
Replies: 69
Views: 62264
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:32 am Subject: Pipemaking |
Thanks for the link. Nice pipes. They look like they've been turned, haven't they?
I was aware of the site, but unfortunately don't speak German. I wish there was a site like that in English. The pro ... |
Topic: Pipemaking |
Yuri
Replies: 69
Views: 62264
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Forum: Norden Sackpipa Association of the Americas (NSAA) Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:33 am Subject: Pipemaking |
Can you put a photo or two on? |
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